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© University of Ottawa

Motto: Deus Scientiarum Dominus Est (God is the Lord of Knowledge)
Founded 1848
School type Public
Chancellor Huguette Labelle
President Gilles G. Patry
Location Ottawa, Ontario
Enrollment 27,603 undergrad
3,836 grad
Campus surroundings Urban, downtown Ottawa
Campus Map Map
Sports teams Ottawa Gee Gees
Tabaret Hall
At left, Morisset Library. At right, campus radio station CHUO.

The University of Ottawa or commonly known as U of O, Ottawa U , is a research-intensive, non-denominational, international university. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Formally a liberal arts college, it has been teaching pure and applied sciences in both French and English since the 1800s. The University has been conferring Undergraduate degrees since 1872, Master's degrees since 1875 and PhD's since 1888.

The university is sometimes mistakenly referred to as Ottawa University, which is in fact the name of an unrelated institution in Kansas.

Today, it is the oldest and largest bilingual university in North America, and a world leader in research. Located in the heart of the nation's capital, it has made a unique place for itself among Canada's universities as seen in some rankings from The Financial Times, Gourman Report, The Princeton Review and other International University rankings.

The Institute of Higher Education of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University recently ranked the University of Ottawa among the top universities in the world.

The University of Ottawa ranks 7th in research-intensive universities and 8th in total research funding in the country, receiving close to $200 million. It is home to Nobel, Pulitzer Prize, and Peabody Award recipients and a Prime Minister. The U of O also has the 3rd largest co-operative education program in Canada, with a 95% placement rate.

The University also maintains major partnerships with government, industry and international organizations to enhance its teaching and research programs. The University ranks 9th out of 92 Canadian universities in student enrolment.

The University of Ottawa's Faculties of Medicine, Science, and Law are World-renowned for their distinguished professors, student achievement, and excellence in research. The Faculty of Management also enjoys a strong international reputation.

The Faculty of Medicine professors and researchers are among the top in their field. Many of them have won national and international awards for their teaching, insights, and research breakthroughs. The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is a global leader in the fight against heart disease. Also, the University launched Canada's first program in Biopharmaceutical Sciences.

The University of Ottawa's department of Neurosciences is ranked first in Canada in Citations Per Paper (Impact) from 2000-2004 by Science Watch newsletter published by Thomson Scientific, which uses University Science Indicators to examine the research of 46 Canadian universities in 21 different scientific fields.

The students of the University of Ottawa in the Faculty of Medicine were recently ranked the Best in Canada as demonstrated in the National Qualifying examinations by Medical Council of Canada. The Faculty itself is affiliated with several world-class research institutions including:

Masters and doctoral degrees are offered in most disciplines by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. The U of O offers the second-highest number of doctoral programs in Ontario. The U of O houses Ontario's second-largest graduate studies and co-operative education program.

Its 11 faculties offer an array of undergraduate and graduate programs in a wide variety of disciplines housed in some world-class facilities:

  • Faculty of Arts
  • Faculty of Civil Law
  • Faculty of Common Law
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Faculty of Management (AACSB Accredited)
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Social Sciences

The academic and other needs of about 30,000 students are facilitated by a fully bilingual support staff and programmes that include everything from physical resources security to health, sports and teaching and learning support services. The average entering grade for the University of Ottawa admissions this past fall semester was 84%, and increases for limited enrolment and more popular programs.

Also, with a $25-million agreement recently between IBM Canada, Lenovo Canada and the University of Ottawa that will provide students with access to advanced technology, research and career possibilities, it will make the university become one of the most advanced schools in the country.

A memorable moment of the Institution's history is when John Lennon and Yoko Ono's peace campaign came to the University of Ottawa, in 1969, after student leaders Allan Rock and Hugh Segal invited the couple.

There are two weekly newspapers published by students, The Fulcrum in English and La Rotonde in French, and a campus radio station, CHUO where actor/comedian Tom Green hosted a late-night program on the station for several years. The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Ottawa Gee Gees.

Accustomed to english-first bilingualism, Anglophones calling the university are often surprised to be greeted in French then in English. The University is fully bilingual, and permits students to take classes in both languages and submit work in both languages. The University has a particular importance to the Franco-Ontarian community. People of French-Canadian descent compose 30% of the population on the Ontario side of the Ottawa area. The English language university for Ottawa is Carleton University.

The campus is located along the banks of the Rideau Canal in the Sandy Hill area of Ottawa.

Research Centres and Institutes of the University of Ottawa

Affiliated Research Institutes

Networks of Centres of Excellence

  • Canadian Stroke Network
  • Stem Cell Network
  • Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network
  • Canadian Genetic Diseases Network
  • Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovation - CIPI
  • Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network
  • Canadian Water Network
  • Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures
  • The Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems

Notable Alumni and Faculty

Senior Officers of the University of Ottawa

List of Chancellors

(1889–1965) University of Ottawa

  • 1889–1909 Mgr Joseph-Thomas Duhamel
  • 1911–1922 Mgr Charles-Hugues Gauthier
  • 1922–1927 Mgr Joseph-Médard Émard
  • 1928–1940 Mgr Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes
  • 1940–1953 Mgr Alexandre Vachon
  • 1953–1965 Mgr Marie-Joseph Lemieux, o.p.

(1965–Present) University of Ottawa (reorganized)

  • 1966–1973 Pauline Vanier
  • 1973–1979 the Right Honourable Gérald Fauteux
  • 1979–1985 Gabrielle Léger
  • 1985–1990 the Honourable Maurice Sauvé
  • 1991–1993 Gordon F. Henderson
  • 1994–Present Huguette Labelle

List of Presidents

(1848-1861) Le Collège de Bytown / The College of Bytown

  • 1848-1849 Édouard Chevalier, o.m.i.
  • 1849-1850 Jean-François Allard, o.m.i.
  • 1850-1851 Napoléon Mignault, o.m.i.
  • 1851-1853 Augustin Gaudet, o.m.i.
  • 1853-1861 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.

(1861-1889) Collège d'Ottawa / College of Ottawa

  • 1861-1864 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.
  • 1864-1867 Timothy Ryan, OMI
  • 1867-1874 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.
  • 1874-1877 Antoine Paillier, o.m.i.
  • 1877-1886 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.
  • 1886 Philémon Provost, o.m.i.
  • 1886-1887 Antoine Paillier, o.m.i.
  • 1887-1889 Jean-Marie Fayard, o.m.i.

(1889-1965) Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

  • 1889-1898 James McGuckin, OMI
  • 1898-1901 Henri-Antoine Constantineau, o.m.i.
  • 1901-1905 Joseph-Édouard Émery, o.m.i.
  • 1905-1911 William Murphy, OMI
  • 1911-1914 Adrien-Bruno Roy, o.m.i.
  • 1914-1915 Henri Gervais, o.m.i.
  • 1915-1921 Louis Rhéaume, o.m.i.
  • 1921-1927 François-Xavier Marcotte, o.m.i.
  • 1927-1930 Uldéric Robert, o.m.i.
  • 1930-1936 Gilles Marchand, o.m.i.
  • 1936-1942 Joseph Hébert, o.m.i.
  • 1942-1946 Philippe Cornellier, o.m.i.
  • 1946-1952 Jean-Charles LaFramboise, o.m.i.
  • 1952-1958 Rodrigue Normandin, o.m.i.
  • 1958-1964 Henri-F. Légaré, o.m.i.
  • 1964-1965 Roger Guindon, o.m.i.

(1965-Present) Université d'Ottawa (nouvelle structure) / University of Ottawa (reorganized)

  • 1965-1984 Roger Guindon, o.m.i.
  • 1984-1990 Antoine D'Iorio
  • 1990-2001 Marcel Hamelin
  • 2001- Gilles G. Patry

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See also Student Federation of the University of Ottawa

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